When Apps Crash...

[Bruce Tong <zztong laxmi ev net>]

I'm new to this list and to Gnome, so I'm sorry if this is being sent to
the wrong place...

I notice a number of applications crash when I try to use them. I'm
certain its probably the application that is crashing, but it occurred to
me it might be nice if Gnome would tell me when they crash.



Scenario 1 - Netscape : I'm at my favorite search engine. I enter a
search, the engine takes off and I know it will be 20 seconds before all
the results are back, so I switch to another screen and work on something
else briefly. I return to Netscape but... hey, where is it? What happened?

Scenario 2 - I choose to run a program I've never run before off of a
menu. I hear the hard drive spin. Nothing ever shows up, ever. The hard
drive quits spinning. Is it a program that just runs in the background?
Did it crash? Maybe it just has a small window? Is the windows outside the
viewing area?

Scenario 3 - I run an application. I decide to change the preferences, or
use some dialog box, I hit "Okay", the main window disappears, I wait for
it to reappear as it is probably working on what I just told it to do.
Nothing ever shows up because it crashed.

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